REGION 4A MSME SUCCESS STORIES

Ms. Melanie Medrano featuring her Gramworth Enterprises Inc.'s product called “PhOligo”
In 2016, Ms. Melanie Medrano established Gramworth Enterprises Inc. She and her family registered their business with no particular product in mind, just a bit of money they received from GSIS after their father orphaned them. They want those funds to be a seed that will be the legacy of
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in photo, Ms. Joyce Ann Encarnacion, manager of Ralphjoy's Restobar.
RalphJoy’s Restobar, located at Barangay Bambang, Nagcarlan, Laguna, is owned by the Encarnacion family since October 2008. Cooking was just their simple family bonding until they turned it into a business as suggested by a family friend. Joyce Ann Encarnacion, the family’s unica ija, is the one managing the business
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In photo: Santa Cruz Bibingka Cheesecake and Magdalena Tablea Cake by Gel Salonga
Cakes by Gel Salonga started out as a small, home-based business. Equipped with her home oven, Chef Gel Salonga-Datu began her cake and pastry business by selling cupcakes to family and friends as her first customers. Based in Santa Cruz, Laguna, products of Cakes by Gel Salonga are served in
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in photo: Mr. Pantaleon Prado Jr., the owner of Prado’s Bakery
The COVID-19 pandemic indeed affected lives and various establishments, such as small businesses managed by local business owners. It has been a challenge for everyone to keep their businesses fully operational since restrictions such as enhanced community quarantine and total lockdown were implemented for a long period of time. Despite
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in photo: Ribbon cutting ceremony of Dingras Empananda.
Dingras Food House is a budding enterprise owned by Mr. Jay Gibson Eronico, a seafarer-turned-entrepreneur, from the City of Dasmariñas, Cavite. The name “Dingras” was inspired by Mr. Eronico’s birthplace, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, which he considers a “comfort place.” The goal of the business was to provide “comfort food” to
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in photo: RJLA Garments Manufacturing Staff
“Winners are not people who never fail but people who never quit” — Cesar Gutierrez, owner of RJLA Garments Manufacturing RJLA Garments Manufacturing owned by Mr. Cesar Gutierrez is a manufacturer of a wearing apparel located in Barangay I (Poblacion), Alaminos, Laguna. Ever since Gutierrez was a child, he was
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in photo: Ms. Hazel Christine Salmasan holding her cake product.
In 2017, Ms. Hazel Christine Salmasan began making her world colorful in the world of baking. Incorporating vibrant colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, pink, violet and blue to her products, Salmasan has created a world not only colorful but also beautiful and tasteful. Her passion for baking started
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Group photo: DTI Quezon, Negosyo Center Calauag, together with the owners of NBDM Farm and Food Processing.
"Spice up your Life with The Golden Spice". These words are truly remarkable in the lives of both business partners and partners in life, Ms. Nenita and Mr. Dominic Mendoza, owners of the NBDM Farm and Food Processing, a small company in Calauag, Quezon that is involved in the production
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Charn's Food Products owner, Chona Bandola
Sometimes, even the most unexpected events can change an entire chapter of a person's life. For Chona Bandola, owner of Charn's Food Products, being allowed to learn and expand her market was one of those unexpected events. From being a housewife, who only intended to help her husband with their
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Bee Healthy Lemon started its humble BEEginnings in the sweet home of Bagadiong Family from Cavite. The owner, Ms. Maricel Bagadiong, is also a hands-on mother to two children. One day, when her daughter complained of having uneasiness in urinating, she found out through laboratory tests, that her daughter has
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